Minor states of the Wars of the Spanish Succession

[fsn]

Fortunately, they will be 3 deep.

I reserve the right to chicken out and subdivide my battalions into 40 man units with the addition of some extra command figures.



Sweating like a pig at a hog roast - FSN

[Sandinista]

My LoA forces total some 3800 figures, slowly getting painted. Spanish done, Savoy nearly, half the Bavarians but only 9 units of French so far.

[fsn]

Don't laugh! First of the North Duchy infantry. The Dukes Regiment. Still waiting for flags and basing.

I'll maybe settle for runner up in next year's painting competition.





I'll get better - FSN

[Fenton]

A good start 

Are you painting over the bare metal?

[fsn]

No. Primed in white then washed, but I think I was too thin with the blue and have missed bits. Some touching up required.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great start FSN Ink washes covers a multitude of sins!

[Fenton]

I will recommend the AP stong tone ink wash , works really well though you do have to thin it a bit

[mollinary]

Good effort, fsn.  I am not sure that white undercoat is exactly forgiving to the new painter (I would't risk it after all these years!). A black, or dark grey undercoat allow you to be a bit more impressionistic , and the black left around the blobs of colour help to give the figures definition. With so many to paint, it might be worth a small experiment and comparison?  What do our competition winners think?

Mollinary

[Fenton]

Would certainly think about a dark brown or back undercoat or grey as Molllinary suggests

[paulr]

A good start FSN

I would certainly use either a grey (washed) or maybe a black undercoat and you will be surprised how much of a difference a final wash will make

[fred.]

As the others say white undercoat is unforgiving - but it can give bright colours. The hardest part is that you have to paint everything! Anything you miss glares out in brilliant white. I did a fair bit of my WSS using white undercoat - but I used very dilute paint, almost a wash for the coats - this gives some immediate shading, and runs into the hard to reach places.

Lately I have mainly gone back to black undercoat - mainly because you can get away with missing bits. You sometimes need to add a second coat to really lift the colours and ensure that the bits you want to be coloured have a good strong colour.  Black undercoat can be hard to get started with as it can be hard to see the detail of the figures.

One approach is to give the figures a quick medium-weight dry-brush of a lighter colour (grey, light brown or even white) this can help reveal the raised detail, and can act as a bit of a pre-shade to the final colour.

[jchaos79]

Well done FSN, looking forward to see this army growing!

[Matt J]

good start, I don't think there is anything wrong with your technique, if you prefer white undercoat stick with it. Maybe the faces could do with a slight wash. However I think your accuracy is a bit off, my advise would be take more time.

Oh and maybe think about your bases, bit of texture or flock wouldn't hurt.

[fsn]

I think I'm still experimenting with my technique with these kinds of armies. All the stuff I've done before (WWII and ACW mostly) are actually quite easy to paint compared to horse and musket. I'm not satisfied with the coverage on the Tamiya paints I'm using. The Revell ones are better, but I may have to break out the Vallejo.

Blimey! It's November - FSN

[paulr]

I think I'm still experimenting with my technique with these kinds of armies. All the stuff I've done before (WWII and ACW mostly) are actually quite easy to paint compared to horse and musket. I'm not satisfied with the coverage on the Tamiya paints I'm using. The Revell ones are better, but I may have to break out the Vallejo.

Blimey! It's November - FSN

I would definitely go with Vallejo,  much better coverage

Note Matt

Still waiting for flags and basing.